History Archives

Western Union bike rack exemplifies a moment in Hopkinsville history

by Alissa Keller
August 21, 2023

The artifact – housed at the Pennyroyal Area Museum – was once housed outside of the historic Phoenix Building, which is slated for demolition.

Underground Railroad topic of next History on Tap

by Jennifer P. Brown
August 16, 2023

The free program is slated Sept. 1 at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.

Alien Day planned Saturday at Pennyroyal Area Museum

by Jennifer P. Brown
August 15, 2023

The special event is a nod to the story of a Kelly farm family who claimed that aliens invaded their homeplace on Aug. 21, 1955.

Museum recognizes long-serving board member with Olde Lamplighter Award

by Hoptown Chronicle
August 7, 2023

Diane Croney Turner recently stepped down after serving approximately 30 years on the museum board.

Oral histories focus of Eighth of August Emancipation Celebration at museum

by Jennifer P. Brown
August 6, 2023

The Croney family was represented by four generations, including matriarch Nannie Croney whose oral history includes a story of resistance on behalf of her children.

Revolutionary-era trunk carried stories of nation’s past to Hopkinsville

by Alissa Keller
July 24, 2023

A closer look at a historic trunk housed by the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville & Christian County reveals more stories than one might expect.

All in her name: An act of remembrance

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 24, 2023

Recently, Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown has adopted a new identify of sorts. It all began as an act of remembrance.

America’s pastime in small-town Kentucky: Remembering the tobacco league baseball tradition

by Willie Hiatt
July 4, 2023

It wasn’t the “big leagues,” but for a brief moment our small towns, open pastures, and back roads hosted baseball in its purest, most joyful form.

Tombstone Tuesday: Here’s how to help clean local headstones

by Jennifer P. Brown
June 19, 2023

Tombstone Tuesday — a local effort to clean headstones at Hopkinsville's UBS Cemetery — is happening on June 20.

Torah sheds light on Hopkinsville’s Jewish history

by Alissa Keller
June 18, 2023

The Torah survives today because it was loaned to the local museum two years before the Jewish synagogue building collapsed in 1977.

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